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Pubblicato il Gennaio 9, 2020Ottobre 21, 2020 di Nicolas — Lascia un commento

How to make pipe cleaner spider decorations – Halloween DIY

For Halloween, check out our tutorial and learn how you can make decorative giant spiders from spun cotton blank figurines and pipe cleaners.

Pipe Cleaner Spider – Materials

A spun cotton figurine blank. We used the medium round fellow figurine (51mm tall)

Two ø 8 mm Spun cotton balls for the eyes.

Black pipe cleaner strands (chenille). Three per spider.

Acrylic paint for the eyes. Your choice of color.

A paint brush

A glue gun or tacky glue.

Step by step directions

Start with the eyes and paint all the balls. You can use bamboo skewers to hold the balls while you paint them. When you are done, you can rest the skewers in a container while the paint dries.
Make the legs. Grab three chenille stems, hold them together as one, and twist them a few times in the middle.
Glue everything together.

pipe cleaner spider tutorial DIY Halloween

You are already done :)

“If you want to live and thrive, let the spider run alive” – Spanish proverb

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. As always, do not hesitate to send us your questions.

Pubblicato il Giugno 9, 2016Ottobre 24, 2020 di Nicolas — Lascia un commento

How to make faux flower stamens from spun cotton balls

In this tutorial, learn how you can make flower stamens from small size spun cotton balls. You can use these faux stamens to make artificial flowers such as paper flowers or fabric flowers.

paper flower stamens – the basic technique

1. Grab a 15mm small spun cotton ball (you can also use smaller size balls).

2. Pour a little glue into the hole.

3. Insert a flower stem wire and wait a few seconds until the glue solidifies.

You are already done :)

Adding color or glitter

You can paint spun cotton balls with acrylic paint to make colored stamens.

You can also add glitter to the stamens by dipping the balls directly into glittered mod podge. Another way of adding glitter would be to brush the balls with tacky glue and sprinkle glitter over the glue. The tacky glue will harden to a clear finish and let the glitter shine.

Tips and tricks

You can use a small spun cotton egg instead of a spun cotton ball for a pointier style stamen.

You do not necessarily need to paint or glitter the stamens. The artificial flower can still look beautiful with an unpainted stamen.

If you do no have any floral wire to make the stems you can use bamboo skewer sticks for a modern minimalist look.

From paper stamens to faux flowers

Here are a few faux flowers fashioned with spun cotton balls stamen.

how to make stamens paper flower 4 — Artificial paper flower

how to make stamens paper flower 3 — Artificial paper flower

If you would like to learn to make your own artificial flowers, you can check out our tutorial: how to make paper flowers.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. As always, if you have any questions, do not hesitate to get in touch via the comments section below. Happy crafting!

Pubblicato il Maggio 14, 2016Ottobre 21, 2020 di Nicolas — Lascia un commento

How to make 3D wall art with spun cotton balls

Check out our tutorial and learn how you can make beautiful 3D wall art with spun cotton balls.

Spun cotton balls are great wall art materials

They are inexpensive
They are very lightweight
They come in over a dozen different sizes
They adhere very strongly to glue (tacky glue works fine)
They are eco-friendly and plastic free.

I would like to give credit to my sister who fashioned all the projects on this page. She painted three large canvasses with blue acrylic paint, let them dry, and then glued on the spun cotton balls.

Project Materials :

Spun cotton balls. They come in many sizes. Spun cotton half balls are another option.
A glue gun.
A pencil to mark the position of the balls.
Optional:
- A canvas if you prefer not to glue directly onto the wall.
- Paint. Acrylic is good because it dries fast.
- Brushes.

Directions :

1. If you are using a canvas, start with painting your canvas any color you like. Try to create interesting brush stroke patterns. Let dry.

2. Use a pencil and outline your project.

3. If you want, you can paint the spun cotton balls prior to gluing them.

4. Glue all the paper balls on the canvas or directly onto the wall.

You are done. Creating wall art with spun cotton balls is quick, easy, and a lot of fun.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and got some inspiration for your next projects. As always, do not hesitate to send us any of your questions or feel fee to leave a comment.

Pubblicato il Aprile 26, 2014Ottobre 21, 2020 di Nicolas — Lascia un commento

How to build inexpensive molecular models with spun cotton balls

Check out our tutorial and learn how you can build beautiful and inexpensive molecular models with spun cotton balls. We will use a caffeine molecule as an example.

Molecular models – materials:

CAUTION: this is not a craft idea for children as it requires the use of a glue gun.

Spun cotton balls. They come in many sizes from about a quarter inch to almost three inches. You can use smaller size balls for smaller atoms such as hydrogen and larger size balls for larger atoms such as carbon and oxygen. For the caffeine molecule, we used 15mm diameter spun cotton balls (about .6 inches in diameter).
Acrylic paint and paint brush (spun cotton balls are sold white, unpainted).
A glue gun.

Directions:

1. Paint the balls. You can insert a bamboo skewer in the balls to hold them. You can then rest the bamboo sticks in a container while the paint dries.

2. When the paint is dry, glue the spheres together into the shape of a molecule. With the glue gun it only takes a few seconds for each connection.

You are done :) To display your molecules, you can glue them onto a nice wooden pedestal, or just glue them onto a piece of cardboard. You can start with simple molecules and work your way up to complex molecular models such as DNA models.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. As always, if you have any questions, do not hesitate to get in touch via the comment section below. We are always here to help. Happy crafting!